Reports and briefs
FAO and the SDGs
On 25 September 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – including 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets – committing the international community to end poverty and hunger and achieve sustainable development between...
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Consultation
Beyond “temporal” resilience: results that withstand the test of time
Members are invited to discuss the question of whether or not a minimum time frame exists in which an individual, community or system should remain resilient to actually qualify as "resilient".
The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges
The report The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges has been released today.
This new FAO report sheds some light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, and provides some insights as to what is at stake and what needs to be done.
Please visit the following webpage to download the report and for further information:
http://www.fao.org/publications/fofa/en/
Survey 'Review of Participatory Land Use/Resource Planning Tools and Approaches'
This survey is part of a process started by the Land and Water Division (AGL) of the FAO to review needs, required tools and processes at various scales, to help countries and stakeholders meet emerging challenges and competition over resources and support sustainable use of land and water resources and resilient ecosystems. The objectives of this survey are to:
- Share experiences and lessons learned on participatory land use planning (PLUP) tools and approaches to improve their use in supporting Integrated Landscape Management (ILM)
- Identify main gaps and opportunities of the current tools and methods, as a basis for the development of a demand-driven and state-of-the-art participatory land use/resources planning toolkit to support stakeholders at all levels of planning
The survey should take no more than 10-20 minutes and is available in all 6 UN langauges:
Arabic: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2KLNPHL
Chinese: https://zh.surveymonkey.com/r/RSDMYTS
English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FAOLRP
French: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/M5KDFLR
The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report for 2016 has been released
The State of Food and Agriculture 2016 report (SOFA 2016), FAO’s annual flagship publication, has been released yesterday.
SOFA assesses issues on agricultural and rural development in the context of global food security. This year’s SOFA report centres on the double challenge of food security and climate change, presenting alternatives to tackle the two as a whole.
The report and furher information are available in all UN six languages at: http://www.fao.org/publications/sofa/en/
Reports and briefs
Adopting a Territorial Approach to Food Security and Nutrition Policy
Many policies to combat food insecurity have neglected to take into account the territorial dimension of this issue. The nature of food insecurity varies significantly across urban and rural regions as well as across different territories. If policies are to be effective, they must also reflect...
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Reports and briefs
Identifying gaps in the main conclusions of the Second International Conference on Nutrition
An in-depth analysis carried out by students of the Roma Tre Master in Human Devlopment and Food Secuirty of comments on the technical issues related to malnutrition and the outcome of the political documents.
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Reports and briefs
E-Government in Support of Sustainable Development
The UN E-Government Survey 2016 on “E-Government in Support of Sustainable Development” offers a snapshot of trends in the development of e-government in countries across the globe. According to the Survey more governments are embracing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to deliver...
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FAO’s Response to the 2015–2016 El Niño
From Early Warning to Early Action The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been monitoring forecasts for the current El Niño since early 2015. It is using early warning information to design and implement early actions knowing that anticipatory action can mitigate or...
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Seasonal Monitor of agricultural growing in West Africa
The West Africa Seasonal Monitor for October 2015 is now available: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp278831….
The WFP Seasonal Monitor examines satellite imagery of rainfall and vegetation in order to assess the development of the growing season and how such conditions might impact the lives and livelihoods of the resident populations. Real time satellite data streams and seasonal forecasts are analyzed to highlight potential developments that may be of humanitarian concern.
This Seasonal Monitor webpage provides real time satellite data streams and seasonal forecasts to highlight changes in the progression of the agricultural season that may be of concern.